Process for producing aromatic nitrile compound

摘要

A novel process for industrially producing an aromatic nitrile compound represented by the following general formula (3): characterized in that one of an aromatic hydroxymethyl compound, an aromatic alkoxymethyl compound and an aromatic aldehyde compound, all represented by the following general formula (1): or a mixture thereof is reacted with an oxidized bromine compound represented by the general formula (2) MBrO_m (2) in the presence of an acid catalyst and either ammonia or an ammonium sat.